<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Julia,</B></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">    If you determine that more dampers will solve the problem,you have three issues.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">     #1 adding spoons to the whippens, </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">     #2 drilling and tapping  holes in the alum, rail for the levers.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">     #3 How far does the damper rod extend past the last damper? </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">    </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">I would consider string -hammer mating, voicing, muting out non speaking sections before suggesting to a client that their new piano has a design flaw. Sometimes any effort to address a  problem ,even if the results are minimal can satisfy the client.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">    I'm not saying that some piano's are above design modification, but the toothpaste is out of the tube now--You told the owner that the piano doesn't have enough dampers and anything short of that may be less than acceptable at this point.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">    The manufacturer may be unwilling to authorize a design change . I'll bet the dealer won't be interested in a paying either.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">    Will your customer be pleased with a bill for repair on a new piano.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">    All this being said--See # 3 above. </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">    Best wishes,</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">    Tom Driscoll</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">    </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>    </B></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>    </B></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> New Yamaha P22: dampers/ string seating question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Greetings, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>         I have a client who purchased a Yami P22 one year ago, that complains that a few treble notes  ring too much for her, upon inspection I find that there are only 67 dampers. I suggested that she have perhaps 5 or 6 more put in.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Has anyone else ever had this experience with the P22? I think this is a personal preference thing. Personally I think I'd want a few more dampers at that, they just simply end too "soon". Are there provisional holes for installing a few extra dampers or am I looking at alot more work than I bargained for? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Another thing I thought of was that there are more false on the high treble notes than there were a year ago, when I first tuned it. I know the strings of a new piano stretch but do they also become unseated at the lower bridge, because they are new? Perhaps all I need to do is tap the strings down with a brass rod and retune.   Suggestions? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks </DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading. PA</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>